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I recently attended an incredible guided tour of the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, PA with the Eastern PA Branch of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. The capital is amazingly beautiful! (Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so these shots were taken with my flip phone.)
 "Designed and manufactured by Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930) of Doylestown, the floor is interspersed with close to 400 mosaics illustrating the state's history, animals, industries, occupations, and modes of transportation."  "When Theodore Roosevelt attended the dedication of the building on October 4, 1906, he said, 'This is the handsomest building I ever saw.'" We also got to meet and visit the studios of Jonathan Bean and Lauren Castillo, two incredibly talented, award-winning authors and illustrators at The Millworks. Here are a few of their book covers (below).
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 Evan and I were stunned at the variety and excellent quality of the work  The musicians and refreshments were outstanding!  Everyone seemed to enjoy the exciting atmosphere  Evan and I had an awesome time at the St. Catherine's Patron of the Arts 19th Annual Photography, Art & Poetry Exhibition this past weekend! The multi-faceted and multi-dimensional show featured over 700 pieces of art of all kinds (and all ages), including oil and acrylic paintings, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, sculpture, as well as photography, poetry, live musical performances, and fantastic refreshments. It was one of the most enjoyable and best-quality shows I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of. To make it more fun, the show offered 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Judges Choice Awards in various categories. The prospectus said winners would be notified by email the Friday before the show. I was hoping to hear something, but the Friday came and went and I assumed the awards went to other people. Evan and I were both disappointed, but we went to the show excited and expecting to have a good time. As we made our way among all the stunning artwork and poems, we discovered that I had won three awards! There wasn't enough time to notify the winners this year, and the surprise left me stunned and floating on a cloud! I won: Judges Choice Award - Art, Transformation First Place Art Award - Mixed Media, Aslan Spirituality Award - Poetry, Your Love Heals Me
Thank you so much to all the judges!! I'm very grateful to Maude Carolan Psych, a fellow member of the North Jersey Christian Writers Group for telling me about the show. Until recently I had been avoiding spending time working on creative projects due to anxiety and other stresses. This book, The Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create, has given me a new perspective. For this new collage, Aslan, I determined to fight the anxiety and spend time creating as 'worship' to God, WITH God. I purposed to just enjoy the creative process, engaging with HIM as I worked. As opposed to putting pressure on myself to 'perform', It was a totally different (and enjoyable) experience working this way. I'm excited to continue working on new projects, and have several other collages in the works. All glory to God!  Evan's a big part of my success-- his encouragement, support and feedback are invaluable!
 Some of Mom's oil paints from 1963 are still good!!
 Work in progress: Still Life -- Tomatoes
 My beautiful mother, Mary Anne, and father, Harry, on their wedding day-- July 8, 1961 I found this blog post by Edie Melson so beautiful and encouraging!! Click below to link to post:  |
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